Global Issues: Home

ILAB, a bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor promotes a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world. This site provides reports and publications about international child labor & forced labor.

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a collaboration between UIA (link is external) and Mankind 2000, started in 1972. It is the result of an ambitious effort to collect and present information on the problems with which humanity is confronted, as well as the challenges such problems pose to concept formation, values and development strategies.

Polaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. This site provides access to statistics from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and Polaris BeFree Textline.

Curated playlist of TED talks pertaining to Global issues.

US Department of State homepage - use the "Policy Issues" drop-down in the navigation bar to see current issues.

Site maintained by the United Nations detailing current global issues with information and links to additional resources.

The GHO is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1000 indicators for its 194 Member States. Explore reports posted to the site or scroll down for access to the data repository.